Just wanted to introduce ourselves. We have been reading postings on this forum for awhile so we thought we should join!

Our names are Tylor and Lisa Wood and we live in northern BC. We became pit bull lovers about 1 year ago, when we adopted Pilot, our pit / lab X, from the SPCA. At that time we knew very little about the breed. Pilot has been such as great dog, so we decided he deserved a friend. That's when we started looking for a female puppy. We came across the Hugabull (Vancouver) website by searching on Petfinder.

As it turned out, there was a mother pit bull and 8 1-week old puppies that had been brought to the SPCA and were desperately needing a foster home. Hugabull contacted us to see if we could help. We might have been crazy to take in 9 dogs, but we said yes.

We named the mother dog Dolly (due to the size of her breasts - wow!) and helped her to get healthier. She was very skinny and obviously neglected if not also physically abused. She was frightened and a bit scary at the start but soon we earned her trust. Her affection, loyalty, and obvious joy at being around us was incredible despite the way she had been treated in the past. She really taught us the amount of love this breed is capable of. Unfortunately she was not a good candidate for adoption due to her obvious social problems, and was euthanized once the puppies were weaned.

We raised the puppies from 1 week old to 7 weeks, which was a great challenge! Cleaning of messy pens, teaching them to eat real food, and socializing them. We had parades of friends coming to see them - they were adorable! Of course we had lots of help and support from Hugabull. We adopted one of the females and named her Birk. An original name, we know. Her markings are very special. She has a distinct "BIR" down her side, which we thought we should use in her name. Also, Birk means "lively, spirited, and cocky," which totally suits her. The other 7 puppies were adopted out through Hugabull and have all found great new homes. In fact, I saw pictures of one of the females, Abbey, on this forum (hi to Abbey's owner if you see this!).

Our 2 dogs are now 1 yr, 3 months, and 4.5 months old. We love them and they are a very important part of our family (50% actually!).

Welcome to the board!!! I'm so glad another member named their female dog after her enormous boobies!!! My girl's name is Hooter because her boobies were huge when we got her. I can't wait to see pics!

What a great picture of Birk. I've never seen her markings close up before. Kudos to you guys for saving all the little ones, as they were in a high kill rate shelter and if it weren't for all your hard work, 8 puppies wouldn't have found the awesome homes they did with people like you!
You certainly had a crash course in pittiness!!!

Thanks for the welcome! It's definately a Hugabull reunion on this forum. Yay for the great BC (and beyond) people! Yes, we definitely did have a "pittie crash course," by fostering 8 puppies and a momma, but it was all good. We are now 100% won over and will most likely never own any other breed! We're very happy with our pups - Life would not be the same without them! We'll post more pics soon.